Footwear and Leather Working Trades Career Details
About this Career
New workers start at around £10,509. Normal pay is £24,065 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £35,407.
Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons in Greater London, and do not distinguish between full and part-time jobs.
Daily Tasks
- Waxes, cleans and finishes footwear and other leather goods.
- Prepares paper or paperboard master patterns of component parts of footwear.
- Uses hand and machine tools to sew and stitch leather and/or other material in the making and decoration of footwear and leather goods other than garments.
- Uses hand tools or machine to make up and repair saddles, harnesses, belts, straps and other leather products.
- Positions leather and rubber footwear component parts on lasts and shapes and joins uppers to insoles and soles.
- Uses hand tools or machine to cut out, trim, punch holes in or stitch guide lines on leather or leather substitute component parts.
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